Wagner's grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner, with Hitler Richard Wagner's grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner, who led the postwar Bayreuth Fesitval, were Nazis. Wolfgang fought on the front lines of the war. Wieland was a director of the Flossenberg Concentration Camp near Bayreuth, 30,000 of whose 90,000 inmates were murdered. Neither was criminally prosecuted. Neither ever publicly repented or asked for forgiveness. "On the Future of Wagnerism" is a series on Huffington Post by Lawrenc...
On the Future of Wagnerism, Part 5: The Wagner Family and Questions of Forgiveness
The Huffington Post - 12 May 2015 19:38
Wagner's grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner, with Hitler Richard Wagner's grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner, who led the postwar Bayreuth Fesitval, were Nazis. Wolfgang fought on the front lines of the war. Wieland was a director of the Flossenberg Concentration Camp near Bayreuth, 30,000 of whose 90,000 inmates were murdered. Neither was criminally prosecuted. Neither ever publicly repented or asked for forgiveness. "On the Future of Wagnerism" is a series on Huffington Post by Lawrenc...
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